Avocado Cream Sauce (Yes-another recipe)

Yes, I have already posted an Avocado Cream Sauce, which is healthy, but here is an even better one that I found. We used this for our Enchiladas and I must say, this is a recipe that I will freeze and use for other ideas.

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp. Butter

2 Tbsp. Flour

2 cups Chicken Broth

3/4 cup Sour Cream

1/2 tsp. Cumin

1/2 tsp. Salt

1.2 tsp. Garlic Powder

1/4 tsp. Pepper

2 Large Avocados; pitted

1/2 cup Chopped fresh Cilantro

Juice from a Lime

What To Do:

• Melt the butter in a skillet
• Add the flour and mix until golden, about 2 minutes
• Slowly stir in the broth and bring to a boil
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 5 minutes
• Add in sour cream, cumin, salt, garlic powder, and pepper
• Mix until there are no lumps
• Remove and transfer to a blender
• Add avocados, cilantro and lime juice
• Blend until smooth

Used on Chicken Enchiladas. You can find the recipe on here for Avocado Cream Chicken Enchiladas.

Avocado Cream Chicken Enchiladas

I love Avocados so anything that includes it in the recipe, I definitely want to try! Kyle liked these enchiladas more than I did, but they are something that I will make again. Or maybe just use this cream sauce for other recipes :)

I halved the recipe so that it made 4 enchiladas, enough for Kyle to have 2, 1 for myself and 1 for lunch the next day. I DID NOT half the Avocado Cream Sauce though

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp. Olive Oil

1 Red Onion; thinly sliced

2 Poblano Peppers; thinly sliced

1 Jalapeno; diced

Flour tortillas

Rotisserie Chicken (I just used what I wanted for each tortilla)

Monterrey Jack Cheese

Ingredients for sauce:

2 Tbsp. Butter

2 Tbsp. Flour

2 cups Chicken Broth

3/4 cup Sour Cream

1/2 tsp. Cumin

1/2 tsp. Salt

1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder

1/4 tsp. Pepper

2 Large Avocados; pitted

1/2 cup Chopped fresh Cilantro

Juice from a lime

What To Do:

• Melt the butter in a skillet. Add the flour and mix until golden, about 2 minutes. Slowly stir in the broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Start cutting up your onion, jalapeno, and poblano peppers. In a skillet, heat oil and add onion and peppers. Saute until the onion is translucent. Remove from heat.
• Once your butter mixture simmers for about 5 minutes, add in sour cream, cumin, salt, garlic powder and pepper. Mix until there are no lumps. Remove and transfer mixture to a blender. Add avocados, cilantro and lime juice. Blend until smooth.
• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• In a baking dish, spread a couple of spoonfuls of the avocado cream sauce to the bottom of the pan. Place a tortilla on a flat surface. Spread a spoonful or two of the sauce down the middle. Layer on the pepper/onion mixture, shredded chicken, and cheese. Roll the tortilla and place seam side down. Once all tortillas are complete, pour as much of the sauce on top as you please. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. During the last 5 minutes, remove foil and sprinkle with cheese. Continue to bake for the last 5 minutes.

*Freeze any remaining sauce that is left over to go with any other recipe you would like to use it for.

Doritos Chicken Cheese Casserole

There was one night last week where I really wanted some Nacho Cheese Doritos, nope not one of my pregnancy cravings. Just haven't had chips in a while. I came across this recipe from Plain Chicken and thought why not try it out. 

Although I halved the recipe, it was still too much food for Kyle and I.

*If you cook your chicken ahead of time or the day before, this recipe is quick to throw together.

Ingredients:

3 cups cooked Chicken, chopped (I shredded mine)

8 oz. Sour Cream

1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup

1 can Cream of Chicken Soup

1 1/2 cups Salsa

1 can of Corn; drained

2 cups Mexican Cheese; shredded

1 bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos

What To Do:

• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Lightly spray a 9 x13 pan with cooking spray
• Crush the entire bag of Doritos and cover the bottom of the dish
• Set aside 1 cup of the cheese for later
• Mix together remaining ingredients in a large bowl
• Pour chicken mixture over the Doritos
• Bake for 20 minutes
• Top casserole with the remaining cup of cheese and bake an additional 5 minutes

Garlic Chicken & Wine Sauce

Thanks to These Four No More, I found another simple and easy dish that  I could let cook in the crock pot all day :). I am searching for more and more recipes that you make in a crock pot because I know that once our little one is here, it will be harder to spend time in the kitchen!!

Ingredients:

6 boneless, skinless Chicken Breast; cubed; uncooked

1/2 tsp. Salt

1/2 tsp. Black Pepper

1/2 tsp. Paprika

1/2 tsp. Oregano

1 can Cream of Chicken Soup

1/2 cup dry White Wine

1 cup Sour Cream

1/4 cup Flour (optional)*

1 tsp. minced Garlic

6 cups hot cooked Egg Noodles

*I also added in a little bit of Chili powder and Cayenne Pepper

What To Do:

• Cut the chicken into small cubes
• In your crock pot, mix together the can of soup, wine, garlic, and the spices
• Stir in the uncooked chicken
• Cover and cook on high for 2-3 hours
• During the last 30 minutes, add sour cream and mix well
• *If the mixture is too runny for your liking, you can thicken it with the 1/4 cup Flour
• 10 minutes before it's ready, cook your egg noodles

Cinnamon Biscuits (As our Family calls it)

This breakfast dish is soooo good!! I grew up with my Mom making this for us. One of my favorite times was for the 1st day of school. As I got older and into high school, my Mom would make this and my best friends would come over that morning before our 1st day and we had breakfast together!

We also, most of the time, eat this on Christmas morning :) This year was my first year in 24 years to not have Christmas with at least my parents...a little different, but you do have to grow up at some point. As I was talking with my mother-in-law, she asked what we usually do on Christmas Day. When I told her that we usually make this, she told me to get the recipe and we could cook it :)

This was my first time to make it so of course it didn't turn out perfect like my Mom's, but we still all really enjoyed it (they didn't know the difference anyways)

*My mouth is watering looking at the pictures :)

Ingredients:

4 cans of Biscuits (small biscuits)

2 sticks Butter

2 Tbsp. Cinnamon

1 cup Brown Sugar

What To Do:

1. Preheat oven to 375F
2. In a pan, melt the butter
3. After the butter is melted, add in the cinnamon and brown sugar
4. Cook until its all mixed together and gooey
5. While the butter, brown sugar and cinnamon are cooking, grab 2 cans of biscuits
6. Spray your bundt pan
7. Pinch the biscuits into fourths and put all in the bottom of the bundt pan
8. Pour half of the gooey mixture on top of the biscuits
9. Pinch up the remaining 2 cans of biscuits and then top with the remaining sauce
10. Bake for 25-30 minutes (closer to 30)
11. The top may look a little brown, but you want to make sure all the biscuits are cooked
12. After you remove from the oven, make sure you grab a plate that is bigger than the bundt pan
13. Place plate on top and then flip it over

ENJOY!!!!!

Italian Mac & Cheese (Crock Pot)

I was trying to find an easy, simple recipe for a crock pot side dish to take to Kyle's family Christmas (for his Dad's side) that wouldn't take too long. I came across this Crockpot Mac n' Cheese from the High Heels and Grills blog.

I love just normal mac n' cheese, but I also like to try different ones as well.

A couple of nights before, we had my work Christmas party that was a Cocktail party. In one of the corners, they had a mashed potato bar and a mac n' cheese bar. I took the idea with me to Christmas and had bacon bits and sliced green onions for people to top their mac n' cheese with...I think everyone liked it, but I really did :)

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Milk

1 (12 oz.) can Evaporated Milk

1/2 stick Butter, melted and cooled to room temp.

3 eggs

1/2 tsp. Salt

3 cups Shredded Italian blend Cheese

1/2 lb. Elbow Macaroni

Black Pepper

1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese

Optional Ingredients:

Bacon Bits

Sliced Green Onions

What To Do:

• Grease the inside of your crock pot with cooking spray (I forgot to do this and yes, it stuck to the sides)
• Combine milk, evaporated milk, butter, eggs, and salt in crock pot and whisk until smooth
• Add the Italian cheese and macaroni 
• Sprinkle with pepper
• Stir gently to coat evenly
• Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese on top
• Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes
• After 30 minutes, reduce the temp. to low and cook for 1.5 hours
• Put optional ingredients next to the crock pot so that people have the option!!

*Be sure not to overcook it because it does dry out quickly!

Restaurant Style Steak

I love love love steaks...did I mention I love steaks :)! There is nothing better than getting one right off the grill that is cooked to perfection! I saw this recipe talking about how restaurants really cook their steaks & that you would never want to use a grill again. Well...I have to admit, this steak was amazing, but I know that I will still have Kyle cook on the grill too!

He really loved it because of all the butter you put on it!

This was also a perfect meal for when my older sister and brother-in-law came into town. Everyone finished their plates :)

These pictures are not the best so I will have to take some more at a different time.

**If you like your steaks cooked more than Medium Rare, leave in the oven a little bit longer!

Ingredients:

2 steaks (called for Filet, but I used New York Strips)

Kosher salt

Black pepper

Stick Butter

Olive Oil

Garlic 

Parsley

Thyme

Lemon Zest

*Sometimes I use dry ingredients, but so glad I used all fresh on this one!!

What To Do:

• Take 1/2 stick of butter, softened, and mix well with the chopped garlic, chopped parsley & thyme, and the lemon zest
• Form into a log and refrigerate
• Season the steaks with salt and pepper
• Heat the remainder 1/2 stick of butter and the olive oil (use a skillet that you can throw in the oven as well)
• Preheat the oven to 400F
• When the butter and oil is searing hot, put in your steaks to brown each side
• Brown each side for about 2-3 minutes
• While the meat is cooking, continue to spoon the juices in the pan on top of the meat
• Once both sides are browned and crusty, put the skillet into the oven on the center rack
• Bake for about 6-8 minutes
• In the last minute, take the log butter and slice a nice think piece 
• Place the piece of butter on top of the steak and finishing cooking for the last minute
• ENJOY!!